Jonah is a sci-fi (or sci-fi adjacent) film with an interesting – if not overly unique – idea. It’s about the investigation of claims of alien abduction. In this case, a mother says her child was taken briefly by aliens … Continue reading
Parallel is a low ambition, low-fi sci-fi film about parallel worlds… the whole multiverse open to them and all they could put together was a couple of people wandering through the woods. But, hey, maybe you make do with what … Continue reading
History of Evil is a grab bag of grounded near future paranoia speculative fiction, southern gothic horror, haunted houses, magical realism, male fragility, and, I dunno, evil Lego bricks (sorry, wrong movie). It’s kind of a thematic and plot hodge-podge… … Continue reading
Not entirely sure why I hit play on this Amazon Prime video… experiment? Jennifer Lopez marketing push? Musical? Extended Music Video? Vanity project? I kinda sorta like J. Lo and I heard it was bonkers… and only an hour long… … Continue reading
Founders Day is often a tedious slog of a slasher film that I actively begrudge admit some quality moments in its final act. Moments the rest of the film absolutely does not earn and I barely can recommend the film… … Continue reading
Lift is… a marginal Netflix international thriller that you’ve seen – or skipped – before. This time it’s a heist film but it might as well have been a spy thriller or roll the dice for a similar genre. It … Continue reading
Somewhere out there is the perfect line… the perfect racing line, the perfect biopic line, the perfect period piece line… not everyone can see it. Most can’t. This movie couldn’t. It’s an unfocused sprint spread across a country mile where … Continue reading
The Sacrifice Game is a Shudder original Christmas horror home invasion/slasher type thing. It’s about a couple of girls and a teacher at a boarding school over Christmas… you might even call them Holdovers. On Christmas Eve, a gang of … Continue reading
Wish so wants to be the culmination of Disney’s 100th anniversary… it trades on the wish upon a star theme and references a number of classic and newer films. Its end credits has images from every Disney animated film, including … Continue reading
Muzzle is a streaming film about police dogs. It’s just barely ok as a film but it did teach me one wholesome thing I didn’t previously know. Police dogs live with their handlers and their families. Awww. That’s sweet. I … Continue reading